WA Mining Weekly Sep 7 - 13

This was the busiest transfer week in 8 weeks, with applications up 11% and transfers up 45%. 30,475 tenements are live or pending across the state.

Ground gone to ballot

3 companies in a ballot for 1,748 ha at Dundas

Dynamic Metals was required to relinquish E 63/1981 in the Shire of Dundas, 1,748 ha in all, on Aug 19. 3 parties applied over it, every one of them lodging on Sep 14: Forrestania Resources (2 applications), Peg Resources and 1 Albany Si50 Perth. Applications lodged at the same moment rank equally rather than by order of arrival, and DMPE normally decides priority between them by ballot.

NextMaps flagged this ground on Aug 7, 38 days before the first application landed.

2 companies in a ballot for 583 ha at Yilgarn

Parr, Robbie Wayne released E 77/2969 in the Shire of Yilgarn, 583 ha in all, on Sep 11. 2 parties applied over it, every one of them lodging on Sep 14: Forrestania Resources and Goldtimers Prospecting. Applications lodged at the same moment rank equally rather than by order of arrival, and DMPE normally decides priority between them by ballot.

NextMaps flagged this ground on Sep 11, 3 days before the first application landed. Historic Golden Dawn gold mine within tenement, but surface geochemistry and aircore drilling show only moderate gold anomalism.

Contested ground

• Formidable Resources released E 38/3634 (300 ha) at Laverton, and 2 parties moved on it, all lodged on Sep 14, which normally sends the ground to a ballot: Waex and Mining Equities.
• Rio Tinto Exploration released E 47/5376 and E 47/5404 (8,536 ha) at Ashburton, and 2 parties moved on it: Mining Equities and Serena Minerals.
• Holcim (Australia) released E 47/4588 (2,213 ha) at Ashburton, and 2 parties moved on it: Mining Equities and Serena Minerals.

Ground picked up

• 4 days later: Ore Resource Co pegged P 26/4884 (91 ha, Kalgoorlie-Boulder), all of it ground Javelin Minerals released.
• 4 days later: First Au pegged P 26/4885 (54 ha, Kalgoorlie-Boulder), almost all of it ground Javelin Minerals released.
• 4 days later: Bates, Steven Boyd pegged P 15/7036 (51 ha, Coolgardie), almost all of it ground Evolution Mining (Mungari) released.
• 26 days later: Wildcat Resources pegged 3 tenements (7,704 ha, Karratha), almost all of it ground Northern Star (Pilbara) was required to relinquish.
• 62 days later: Haukohl, Dane Egon pegged E 45/7366 (1,278 ha, East Pilbara), all of it ground Atlas Iron released.

Who is collecting dropped ground

Mining Equities has taken 9 parcels (18,136 ha) off 6 different holders in the last 90 days, across Busselton and Upper Gascoyne. That includes ground dropped by Tiger Metals and Rio Tinto Exploration.

Goldtimers Prospecting has taken 8 parcels (4,008 ha) off 3 different holders in the last 90 days, across Mount Magnet and Yilgarn. That includes ground dropped by Parr, Robbie Wayne and Berndsen, Matthew James.

Biggest moves

Chapman, Morgan Leslie hands 3,233 ha in Mt Morgans to A.C.N. 686 751 208

Chapman, Morgan Leslie transferred 18 tenements covering 3,233 hectares in the Mt Morgans district across the Shire of Leonora and Shire of Laverton to A.C.N. 686 751 208. The ground sits near Mt Kilkenny, NiWest and Murrin South, and A.C.N. 686 751 208 already holds Prospecting Licence P 39/6342 in the Mt Morgans district in the Shire of Leonora.

Why it matters: The transfer consolidates ground in a nickel and gold corridor around Mt Morgans, close to NiWest and Murrin South.

Sources: abr.business.gov.au · Operating Mines - Datasets - data.wa.gov.au · wa.gov.au · CHAPMAN & MORGAN PTY LTD - ABN 99000632771

Chapman, Morgan Leslie now holds 29 WA tenements · A.C.N. 686 751 208 now holds 18 WA tenements

McClaren, Kym Anthony hands Golden Horse Minerals (Aust) 9,671 ha in Yilgarn

Kym Anthony McClaren transferred four tenements covering 9,671 hectares in the Yilgarn Mineral Field, in the Shire of Yilgarn, to Golden Horse Minerals (Aust). Golden Horse Minerals said the broader Yilgarn landholding is part of its Southern Cross Greenstone Belt gold focus in Western Australia.

Why it matters: It adds to Golden Horse’s Yilgarn footprint around established gold corridors and nearby operations, reinforcing its control of ground in the district.

Sources: goldenhorseminerals.com · Golden Horse Minerals Announces Southern Cross Footprint Expansion and Producti… · Current details for ABN 42 632 387 663 · Golden Horse Acquires Highly Prospective Lithium and Gold Tenements

McClaren, Kym Anthony now holds 8 WA tenements · Golden Horse Minerals (Aust) now holds 62 WA tenements

EE III hands Tellus Holdings 29,230 ha in Kunanalling

Tellus Holdings has registered the transfer of 19 tenements covering 29,230ha in the Shire of Coolgardie from EE III. The ground neighbours six tenements held by Yilgarn Iron and lies 3km from the Carina iron ore operation.

EE III now holds 1 WA tenement · Tellus Holdings now holds 20 WA tenements

Genesis Minerals (Laverton) hands Jasper Exploration 918 ha in Mt Morgans

Genesis Minerals (Laverton) has transferred eight exploration licences covering 918 hectares to Jasper Exploration. The ground lies in the Shire of Laverton, 7 kilometres from the Westralia UG gold operation and neighbours a tenement held by Murrin Murrin Operations.

Genesis Minerals (Laverton) now holds 49 WA tenements · Jasper Exploration now holds 19 WA tenements

Top Global Mining hands Yilgarn Precious Metals 986 ha in Yilgarn

Top Global Mining has transferred two tenements covering 986 hectares to Yilgarn Precious Metals in the Shire of Yilgarn. The ground sits in the Yilgarn MF district, neighbouring four tenements held by Golden Horse Minerals (Aust). The nearest operation is Lake Deborah East Pond, a salt deposit 39 kilometres away.

Top Global Mining now holds 8 WA tenements · Yilgarn Precious Metals now holds 4 WA tenements

Quick transfers

• Tellus Holdings → EE III: a part share in 19 tenements (29,230 ha), Coolgardie Shire
• Kean, Steven Lionel → A.C.N. 686 750 890: 4 tenements (483 ha), Leonora Shire
• Freeth, Philip Noel → A.C.N. 686 750 890: 1 tenement (121 ha), Leonora Shire
• Connor, Brendan Gabriel → A.C.N. 686 750 890: 1 tenement (121 ha), Leonora Shire
• Plavsic, Nicky → A.C.N. 686 750 890: 1 tenement (13 ha), Leonora Shire
• Cosmo Metals → La Zarza Minerals: 3 tenements (397 ha), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire
• Askins, Paul Winston → Orelian Resources: 1 tenement (7,130 ha), Katanning Shire
• Bradley, Joseph Robert → Edjv: 2 tenements (1,860 ha), Leonora Shire
• Chapman, Morgan Leslie → A.C.N. 686 750 890: 2 tenements (142 ha), Leonora Shire
• Great Boulder Resources → Great Western Gold: 1 tenement (1,240 ha), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire
• DX Resources Group → Bennie, David James: 1 tenement (162 ha), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire

Ground dropped

• Anglogold Ashanti Australia — 1 tenement, 36,270 ha, Menzies Shire · open for application now
• CGM (West Yilgarn) — 6 tenements, 31,930 ha, Narembeen Shire, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire
• 79 Exploration — 4 tenements, 29,760 ha, Dundas Shire
• Ironmerge Fe — 1 tenement, 21,700 ha, Upper Gascoyne Shire
• Netley Minerals — 1 tenement, 21,700 ha, Yilgarn Shire · open for application now
• S A Drilling — 1 tenement, 19,530 ha, Halls Creek Shire · open for application now
• Dalla Costa, Melville Raymond — 1 tenement, 14,880 ha, Menzies Shire
• Chalco Resources — 1 tenement, 14,570 ha, Coolgardie Shire
• Element 25 — 2 tenements, 14,260 ha, Meekatharra Shire
• Marquee Resources — 1 tenement, 11,160 ha, Leonora Shire · open for application now
• Pilbara Gold Corporation — 1 tenement, 8,990 ha, Karratha Shire
• Gcxplore — 1 tenement, 8,370 ha, Laverton Shire · open for application now

Opening soon

• Sep 18 — E 52/3846 · 3,766 ha (19 blocks) · Meekatharra Shire
• Sep 18 — E 38/3468 · 2,438 ha (12 blocks) · Laverton Shire
• Sep 18 — E 51/1938 · 1,223 ha (6 blocks) · Meekatharra Shire

Still open

No competing application shows on the register for this ground. The live tenure layer can lag a couple of business days, so confirm in Tengraph before lodging.

• E 80/5182 — S A Drilling · 11,393 ha · Halls Creek Shire · partly surrendered Aug 28
• E 52/4380 — MB Minerals · 10,850 ha · Meekatharra Shire · surrendered Aug 26
• E 52/4387 — MB Minerals · 7,211 ha · Meekatharra Shire · partly surrendered Aug 12
• E 52/3893 — MB Minerals · 5,011 ha · Meekatharra Shire · partly surrendered Aug 12
• E 52/4410 — MB Minerals · 4,384 ha · Meekatharra Shire · partly surrendered Aug 12
• E 47/4367 — Baracus · 4,030 ha · Ashburton Shire · surrendered Aug 26
• E 38/3478 — Gcxplore · 3,342 ha · Laverton Shire · partly surrendered Aug 28
• E 08/3166 — MQ Minerals · 3,192 ha · Ashburton Shire · partly surrendered Aug 11

Where the pegging is

Yilgarn Shire led with 11 new applications from 8 holders, ahead of Ashburton Shire on 10.

New faces

• Auta — 1 first application (9,300 ha), Menzies Shire · no WAMEX history under that name
• Api Management — 1 first application (15 ha), Ashburton Shire · 339 WAMEX reports since 2006

Worth watching next week

• 3 parcels totalling 7,428 ha are scheduled to come out of the release pool in the coming weeks (see Opening soon for dates).
• Anglogold Ashanti Australia's 36,270 ha in Menzies is the largest package back on the market.

Tenement transfers, applications, surrenders and status changes are shown as registered by DMPE, which can lag the underlying deal by several weeks. This briefing is derived from public DMPE data and NextMaps’ own DASC and RSS feeds; verify against official sources before acting.

General information only. Nothing here is financial, investment, legal or tenure advice, and it is not a recommendation to acquire, dispose of or apply for any tenement or financial product. NextMaps is not licensed to give such advice. Seek your own professional advice, and confirm the register yourself, before acting.